sonance.art.net minutes

Present: foo, jvk, tanya, dreamer, doris, binsh.
Apologies: nuss.
Agenda not followed because no net available to check it….

Treasury

• MA7 expenses BYI
  • got honorarnotens from: simon, tanya, oliver
  • pablo says OK
    • for 1500 euros,
    • 200-250 per clip,
    • past clip is 2 clips X 100 each,
    • can give honorarnote 1500 now in march
    • Doris has to pick up honorarnote
  • Doris + Oli to go to Klangfarbe 14:00 Saturday 21st
• MA7 report text
  • Doris will try to write a draft for next wednesday
  • Tanya can spare 2 hours to do this, but wants to do the report only and do it somewhere else
  • Doris + Oli to go to Tanya’s place after Klangfarbe 16:00 Saturday 21st
• Treasurer: Membership contributions have now been found and allocated
  • first into the minutes (yay)
  • then into my (doris) spreadsheet
  • then to Oli
  • All matched by email, not by account as yet.

Tech

BYI blog is UP!!!

• one new idea is up from Jan von Krieg
• the rest of the slack bastards need a kick in the arse
• We have the first video … FOO will chase it onto the blog
• We should do the Caveman blog post!!!

Oliver: big move progress report

• It’s done!
• can’t check it all, coz no net at Garnison7
• a couple of domains are bad …
• Berniq is maintaining sing / experimental stuff, ISPMan not running there.
• will be working …. tomorrow when DNS catches up
• databases not moved? Who is doing them?

BYI

• BYI press / CC
  • the famous photograph
  • text 1: use sonance text of last week as per board approval
  • text 2: use the kogler edits on garnison7
• Photo session carried out in the studio with sparklers and led lights.
• BasisWien
  • invited to participate in panel discussion
  • 26th May 19:00
  • important Austrian media institution that mediates the database
  • talk in the scope of the Austrian Art Critics Award
  • all the b%^*#y f%^*#@g Art Critics of Austria will be there
  • this could be a big event
  • Johannes G, Alexander N, Alion Rebel ???, Franz from Contaxt net /standard.at
  • Topic is: (writing about) Art in the virtual space:
    When looking for art critics in the virtual space one quickly finds some art – network projects and initiatives … that use that virtual space for representation as well as more or less subversive networking … the boundaries between social and art intervention staging and net art disappear … using art, it is about art, but conventional art critics won’t actually be found, . we present networks and initiatives whose discourse could be seen as art critique as well as art.
  • we agree to the invitation !!! Agreed
  • they would like to have a female speaker but they are going to get a DELETED and nothing else, as we do not agree to DELETED narcisisstic typical DELETED feminine DELETED. So say the chicks, as duly recorded by their faithful and obedient male slaves.
  • Decide next week who. Simon, no. …

Funding

NETZNETZ

• Doris, Stefan was at NetzNetz meeting
  • 10th May is date (guaranteed)
  • amount is not guaranteed, 80k requested, needs confirmation
  • new 80k miniinfrastructure budget …
  • can sonance apply for this or not?
  • word is that SF-V allocates it directly ?
  • details are unpublished / unclear / no deadline ?
  • Matthias + Doris to go visit her, ask Stefan
• what are we going to apply for?
  • resonance ? BYI ?
  • so defer any discussion of that until some meeting
  • is Resonance == BYI or ?
  • to some extent this is a pragmatic / marketing decision
  • resonance is every 2 years
  • resonance 09 is BYI ….
  • Oli: we need more projects
  • definately resonance is latter half
  • funding is for resonance as BYI / book
• evaluation of NetzNetz
  • does sonance take a position?
  • Does Simon take a position? Yes.
  • FAS — interview .
  • or position paper
  • FAS will ask for an online interview of everyone
  • 6 interviews
  • in principle, Simon gets our interview slot

Potentials

• bm:ukk
  • award for interdisciplinary art project 30th April
  • media art project 31st March (this is where simon has applied in the past, as he is trained as a media artist)
  • it is about an award for an already done project
  • so this would be re.sonance.007.
  • the clue: you have to put the right viewpoints on it
  • is it a lot of work????
  • 4 versions (catalogues) and 2 pages of text
  • fitz nix done shotz nix ????
• Rhizome
  • the new museum of New York is putting out a call for commissioned art works
  • fits perfectly with BYI
  • or is it? Oli: looking for actual projects…
  • BYI *is* a project, …
  • not a lot of work … text is already ready …
  • we would at least get on the website of rhizome
  • we are all google sluts now
  • there is a jury award and a public voting award
  • artists in vienna have a lot of experience in manipulating voting systems
• EU mobility of Artists
  • need 3 partners (institutions) from 2 different member states to apply, at least, no upper limit on the numbers.
  • it is applicable to us
  • could be from 50,000 to 200,000; they cover 70% of total costs, the rest is to be found from additional funding.
  • 15th May deadline
  • usually BM:ukk and MA7 will likely join.
  • to search for the partner institutions, look at Universities
  • its a pilot project; not so many applying
  • once we have the sheet from the EU, can get bank or xxx financing
  • Cultural Contact Point Austria will help us / etc
  • the mobility of artists means what?
  • bringing institutes together to feel like Europeans
  • you need business plans … exact definitions …
  • universities like this idea
  • partners don’t want to work …. they just want their name and the money!
  • need a basic schema to divide the WORK and money between the three partners
  • real preference for projects that are NOT IN THE CENTER
  • 2010 cultural capital Tallin.

Misc / Board

• “Transition Process”
  • transition process — mentioned only
  • remarks to the board
  • founded the company sitz …
  • invested about 60k into Sonance
  • the topic is about how
  • Defer this to next week, briefing paper has been distributed.
• Question about whether board approves of the text for submissions:
  • SunTzu: not for art projects.
  • Dreamer: Yes, it is the public face.
  • Yes for funding.
  • OK, so discussion … let’s defer this until next time. Think about it.

Agenda

Not followed because of lack of net.

• Simon: participation with Julia.
• Photo session
  • with sparklers / Leds / laser pens …
  • Long Exposures
  • bring cameras, tripods
• Blogs / progress UP UP AND AWAY
• The Great Transfer / progress
• we should apply with the re.sonance.007 materials http://igkultur.at/igkultur/foerderturm/1236863589